From our statistical analysis, we have determined that cities with a larger number of McDonald's restaurants were host to more murders per 100,000 people. Coinicidence? They would like you to think so. The figures below illustrate the pattern that has appeared on both sides of the United States.

City

Total Population

Total Murders

Murders per 100,000 People

Number of McDonald's Restaurants Present

New York, NY

7,319,546

1,220

14.2

312

Newark, NJ

260,232

175

9.0

10

Los Angeles, CA*

3,466,211

1,682

18.3

410

Sacramento, CA

375,845

114

7.9

30

Our information was collected from City Crime Rankings 1995 statistics, published by Morgan Quinto Press in Lawerence, Kansas in 1997, and a search of McDonald's restaurant locations at vicinity.com/mcdonalds.